New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-15
aACE-COURSE PHILOSOPHY.
PIrTsBURG PILLS BETTING DISPUTE.
4 NAN WHO BACKED KINGFIsH-LrssoN In HANDI
Gaping.

Pardon the Ioquacousness OF suffering from tho
oys of gastric nebraton lie deserves your pity for
,e ia a creature beret OF heart Quaffing happiness
through gvrged stomach and nsensible Of outward i'm
ressons his chief delight Is to Toll about hotel corridors
after a hearty meal and spout nonsense as an accom-
paninent his digestion. At such time such man Is
the generalization OF earthly comfort and nanny 10
open the fountains OF speech still WIDER remove him
the breakfast table to the BARRIERS chair and per-
uade him IL call for shave at the hands of of those
sympathetic tonsorial artists born and educated In
Fance.
II the writer's good fortune to find man OF THIS
stamp uptown barber shop yesterday. and to have
apportunity-while awaiting his turn-to listen 10 MS
conversation The Hoodgates open and the fusn oi
current swept everything before It, IL was easy "
perceive that the speaker ACCOMPLISHED anu 3D.
serving for be talked OF nothing ou' inc ur
the white ather overspread his expansive counte
aance he his hobby dug In the spurs AM rode
.traght for the flush with desperation that would
ave put Snapper" Garrison to the blush
So Pittsburg Phil got his $500 from Mcdonald" he
,egan "wel I guess it's all right, but you know It's
pretty hard to go behind the returns in such case as
nat hardly think the Jockey Club did wise thing In
,eiusing TO settle the matter Instead OF placing the
grievance before committee Of bookm ikers
lint that little dul-instead OF putting the mat
in the hands-ahl that's better-in the hanls OF
committee of bookmakers, am told 1t did tue CLUB
should have made ruling In the case that would have
'ettled finally all similar disputes. Pttsburg PHIL
Here the barber touching him on tue chin. signihed
that it was time to turn the other cheek. The head
rolled over.
"Pttsburg Phil" the happy man continued, as the
razor moved the stubble of days growth. holds
ticket calling for $25 and receives from booknAker
$780, The young with the ticket calling for 5000
eceves $25! Rather queer take II, when you reool-
that other man Identify the 5000 TICKET az
lis property not oven this Pittsourg Phi, this hiSn
oer stedeker calls him That stedekers curiosity
The high roller from Pittsburg has been betting with
nm for days. ami yet 5teteker VOWS he never saw
lin to know him. Send him 20 me-, says stedeker; L
want tn make his Iuaintance.' He won thousan
~ You yesterday, says Aud Sedeker counts over his
ickets and says WE'LL loose 81 100 Pontiac that
lay Wonder If this high roller got any O. that ;"
Silence for while the glides over the
oube chin and feels about the Adams apple.
There's reason. eau soc. why the jockey clubs
over should dodge betting disputes fear you're
shaving lece too close-should dodge betting CTS
1utes. Now In England. you are aware his you
general particular" the Jockey club ignores bet
ting entirely two courts sanctioned mind
rou by the jockey club, which decide all betting ques
ions I got In trouble once over there and know
arber obge me by driving that cursed fly awdy-l
InOw all about it.-There he comes again; can't you
murder him with towel Flies are such bore in
August"
The barber ohases the fly out of the shop an returning
% his spreads his ather for the second time
zone court" the oracle resumed, is the Committee
VI Rooms New market the other Is the Committee
II Tattersars. Whenever betting dispute arises one
II these courts is summoned by the stewards OF inc
ockey club. 1t sits upon the question at issue like
lrum-hea courLmartal and quickly decides IT, Why
On we have something OF that sort over here dont
ike the looks OF the Pttsburg Phil OF course
lont say stedekers high roller should be deprived OF
money. but can't the justice OF going benni tho
eturns the politicians say The face value OF the
ticket ought to be good matter who holds it,
Here a slim lying In the adjoining chair turned
his head toward the oracle and opened his mouth:
"The young man who held the $500 Ticket" he said,
scarcely moving his lips for he earel the keen ege OF
The razor is an acquaintance OF mino He didn't bet
my 800 the He bet only S. He got the other
ticket by mistake and having means of finding out
who owned 1t he acted Just any other betting man
would do who finds lost mutual ticket at Brighton
Beach -he presented 1t for payment 1t wasn't roDbin
The bookmaker. WAS it Mcdonald had lost the money
air an square He expected TO pay to somebody,
iidn't he Why not to the VINO held the tcketf"
The slim reasoner had rasei question OF ethics too
ieep for his Obtuse and when the barber had
powdered his angular cheeks and chin he shot out Of the
loor like kyrOckct leaving silence In his wake. Tao
atmosphere bcag cleared oracle whose diges
ion now well advanced and whose face was receiv
ng the final delicate attentions of the resumed his
way. Having inquired Of the barber IL tho slim man
regular customer aud received negative reply he
ontinued:
anywhere else In the world Out of LOG gentlemen OF
acquaintance, including myself, am tho only who
backed King fsh TO win the Junior Champion had $50
him 20 to straight and $40 at s TO for place.
Just to nay bet l wasn't sure that knghsh would
win; not by felt that Los Angeles was
he better youngster of the but from long peri
knew that In big race OF that kind the cool head
and marvellous skin and quckness OF Mclaughlin were
worth gross Of Vests though Baldwns colorei boy 10
good enough in mis- way. Reason taught me that In
field of sixteen there could be but three four In the
race, aud was certain that Mclaughlin would have
Kingfsh first the fall Of tho nag wasn't afraid OF
fizaines, though admit him to be OF the best two
year ods in training ami besides that had Garrison up
Fitzjsmes is slow beginner. He showed that in his
former Once lost 10 the ruck Of field like that OF
saturday 1t all with the HAggin crack. Tho
snd itself could hardly squeeze to the front rm sorry
foung HAgsin confident TO put $1,000 on Fitz
"a mes. Tae one colt that did fear was Sir Dixon He
flyer Of the fret water and quick beginner when
lightly handled Had Blaylock been him he might
have carried Of my money but wanted none OF
hin with shauer up My friends the Dryers never let
of their horses run loose-no wise owner is ever
euty OF such foy-but the commission they sent into
he ring the protection Of Kinshsh exception
llv small extremely small In fact that 1t did not
affect the market could get 20 to about Kinghsh as
the flag given Why won't men use their wits On
big day like Saturday they seem to catch fever that
takes away their senses Follow the money follow
the money the rule and the bookmakers reap where
they have sOwn."
"You speak, sir. like man of some experience; how
can you account for the defeat OF Los Angeles She
beaded Kinghsh they entered the homestretch and
looked winner at the furiong."
This from short, bald man occupying the chair
vacated by the slim dispenser OF ethical conundrums
The oracle turned him SO suddenly that lie erked
the ends of his mustachs out of the BARRIERS waxed
fingers.
NEGLECTED to state SIR" he replied with an assump-
ton Of dignity, "thst another Of my reasons for not
tancyng Los Angeles the discovery made that she
had gone back lost the keen edge OF her speed Had she
headed Kingfsh the stretch days ago she did
yesterday il would have been all up with kngdsh No,
cir my word upon it, Los Angeles not herself in the
Junior Champion"
"You seem to be admirer Of Mclaughlin. What,
may ask, do you think OF Garrisonf"